Germanwings crash pilot researched deadly drugs

The co-pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 researched how to get hold of deadly drugs and the possibility of a living will, it has been claimed.

Dusseldorf prosecutor Christoph Kumpa confirmed a report in German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that Andreas Lubitz searched the internet in March for ways of getting hold of potassium cyanide, valium and lethal combinations of medicines.

He also searched for the term “living will” on March 23, the day before the crash. A living will spells out a patient’s wishes for medical care if he is unable to communicate with doctors.

Prosecutors say Lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit and deliberately crashed the Airbus A320 into a mountainside during a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, killing all 150 people on board.

A key source of evidence has been the browsing history on a tablet computer found at the 27-year- old’s apartment. Prosecutors in h Germany and France are investigating the crash.